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- . ' • • . . . . • -I •. . . 1 , . . 4.•••••inombadomal........20• . . . ' . 1 . . . , i • • 1 , . . . ..1 SUPREME COURT OF HAWAII-1S • . . . . I Opinion of the Court . . I , • . . 1 expressly reserved the power to enact all laws of general : 1 . 4 • . . application throughout the State on matters of concern and interest'and laws relating to the fiscal powers of the counties, --1 • consistent with article VII, sections 3 and 5 of the State • .. , - • • Constitution. . . . .1 . . . .1 - . .• • Ht. . • 1 • •- • . . The appellants contend that thecountycan exercise only , • those powers delegated to it by the state legislature, and . \ , because the revised charter provisions conflici with preemp- • . . 1 tive statutes, the charter provisions are invalid. Appellants • •• it cite for support In re Anamizu, 52 Haw. 550, 481 P.2d 116 • . • (1971).Therein we said that counties may exercise only those , , . • , powers dele clearly gi natteedndteodt ht toemp r eb ey ngi epnt eariael laws;fieid0 wherefregulation, the helegisla- ture 4 ordi- nances attempting to regulate the same subject matter are . • . . , invalid. Herein we hold that the legislature duly delegated the . administration of police, waterworks andliquor control mat- • - ters, as hereinafter set forth, to the counties, thus satisfying . . ' theAnamizu requirements. Further the rationale of Anarnizu does not apply to the instant case because the legislature -I foresaw that a charter commission could draft a charter which would contain provisions conflicting with existing laws. It was just for such a contingency that the last para- graph of HRS §50-10 was designed so that the conflicting 1 statute would not invalidate any charter provisions which i • related to organization and governrnent„pf-,the county. The - - 1 legislature 441 not intend to nullify these charter provisions "affecting the organization or governmental structure" of . . •.'1 political subdivisions because of their conflict with existing * • I statutes.See Salavea v. City and County, 55 Haw. 216. 219, 1 517 P.2d 51, 54 (1973): see generally Bloom v. City of . 1 1, Worcester, 363 Mass. 136, 293 N.E.2d 268 (1973). This court . i t . . . • 11. I •0 • i 4The phrase Thu matters of Clincrrn and interest.'is the statutory language taken ' I i from HRS§50-15.We agree with appellants that this phrase should be interpreted to • mean on matters of statewide vonvern and interest. . . , . . i . . • . • . , . . . i . . . , . , . , . • .1 • • , . . , • . . . . . • .........-.. . . . . . . - . . • • . . , . . ' . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . .. .